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Top 100 Goalies of All-Time
In our annual Collector's Edition, we countdown down the Top 100 goalies of all-time and tell the story of each. It's 140 pages packed with everything about the game's best masked men.
20. LORNE CHABOT
BORN Oct. 5, 1900, Montreal, Que. NHL CAREER 1926-37 TEAMS NYR, Tor, Mtl, Chi, MtM, NYA STATS 200-146-62, 2.03 GAA, 71 SO ALL-STAR 1 (First-1) TROPHIES 1 (Vezina-1) STANLEY CUPS 2 OVER THE COURSE OF his career, Lorne Chabot was traded for or with four players who were elected to the Hall of Fame. More than 80 years after his career ended, Chabot hasn’t joined them in earning the game’s highest individual distinction. Perhaps he never will, which would have him go down, in the opinion of many, as the greatest goalie omitted from the shrine. When it comes to the Hall of Fame, Chabot is a polarizing figure. There is a faction that believes he has the numbers and accomplishments to merit inclusion. The longer time goes by, however, the lesser…
39. GERRY CHEEVERS
BORN Dec. 7, 1940, St. Catharines, Ont. NHL CAREER 1961-80 TEAMS Tor, Bos STATS 230-102-74, 2.89 GAA, .901 SP, 26 SO STANLEY CUPS 2 GERRY CHEEVERS IS best known for his stitch-adorned goalie mask. While it looked very intimidating, the story behind it was pretty funny. It might even leave some readers in stitches themselves. Part of a tandem with Eddie Johnston in Boston, Cheevers helped the Bruins win two Stanley Cups in the early 1970s, but his mask will live on as long as those championships. Blessed with a great sense of humor, the native of St. Catharines, Ont., once left practice early, using a weak shot to the mask as his excuse. “It wasn’t a hard shot at all,” Cheevers said. “But I went down like I was dead.” Chilling back…
33. ROGIE VACHON
BORN Sept. 8, 1945, Palmarolle, Que. NHL CAREER 1967-82 TEAMS Mtl, LA, Det, Bos STATS 353-293-128, 3.00 GAA, .896 SP, 51 SO ALL-STAR 2 (Second-2) TROPHIES 1 (Vezina-1) STANLEY CUPS 2 PERHAPS IT’S BECAUSE he toiled outside the spotlight for most of his career that it’s easy to forget Rogie Vachon’s brilliance. The kids might not be able to fathom this now, but there was a time when playing in Los Angeles was the NHL’s version of being dispatched to Siberia. Vachon spent the lion’s portion of his career in L.A. and eventually – 34 years after he retired – earned a place in the Hall of Fame on the strength of his Hollywood nights. But there are other parts of his career that may have slipped fans’ minds as well. The…
79. JIM HENRY
BORN Oct. 23, 1920, Winnipeg, Man. NHL CAREER 1941-55 TEAMS NYR, Chi, Bos STATS 161-174-69, 2.84 GAA, 28 SO ALL-STAR 1 (Second-1) IT’S NOT OFTEN A goaltender finds a second life in the NHL, but that’s what happened to ‘Sugar’ Jim Henry. Henry burst onto the scene with the New York Rangers at 21 in 1941-42, leading the league in wins and tying Walter ‘Turk’ Broda for the most minutes played. New York finished tops in the NHL for the first time ever but lost to Toronto in the first round of the playoffs. The Second World War called Henry after that, and he didn’t play in the NHL again until 1945-46. He struggled to find his range and headed to the USHL (a senior league at the time) for a season and…
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